Registered voters (14000+) outside of France count for 2% of the electorate that can vote for the next president. Toronto, Canadais among the communities with registered voters who will vote at the French Consulate.

And then there were two: the remaining candidates for the Presidential election in France.

The other elected contender for the run-off, Le Pen, launched a diatribe against the policies of Macron during her victory speech, warning that Macron’s deregulation policies would lead to unjust international competition against France's business interests, mass immigration and free movement of terrorists. "The great issue in this election is the rampant globalization that is putting our civilization at risk," she said.

Expect to see Birgitte Trogneux accompanying the new President at many meetings during his term. Her husband sees her as an essential person with whom he shares his life.

All that is about to change with the arrival of a woman who, more than any previous spouse, was omnipresent on the campaign trail, and not just for photo-ops and decorative appearances as the devoted femme — she played the role of coach, speech rehearser, communications adviser and dietary watchdog.

As revealed in fly-on-the-wall documentary In the Backrooms of Victory, broadcast on French TV channel TF1 the day after Mr Macron made history as France's youngest head of state since Napoleon, Brigitte Macron has been integral to the rise of the candidate, promising youthful renewal in a country gripped by reform inertia, and the rise of the extreme right and left.

The French cabinet is comprised of politicians from different parties with 11 men and 11 women.

The new French government, which was appointed Wednesday, is a carefully calibrated balance of 22 prominent and unknown figures from the left and the right, half of them women. They arrived for their first meeting Thursday with smiles, posing for photographs on the front porch of the presidential Elysée Palace in Paris.

That new president Macron has a busy week. Four cabinet ministers went bye-bye and the president has to find replacements. Meanwhile, there is an EU summit to take part in.

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has named a group of relative unknowns to senior government cabinet posts over traditional allies after a series of high-profile resignations.

As a spokesman announced the names of ministers appointed, political analysts said many voters would be left asking: “Who?”

Four cabinet members have resigned this week after being put under preliminary investigation in two separate scandals, leaving Macron’s prime minister, Édouard Philippe, under pressure to find replacements while maintaining a pledge to maintain gender and party-political parity.